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India-US trade deal: Is 99 per cent complete also 99 per cent durable?

June 23, 2026 12:45 pm

The real risk is that it is rushed to manufacture a ‘100 per cent’ headline that proves politically brittle, when the harder, quieter questions of standards and digital rules are where durable value actually settles

Amid China concerns, India and US sign pact to secure supply of critical minerals

May 27, 2026 4:37 am

This is also important as it comes days after US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing.

The usual ambiguity will not work with US. India needs a clear, public position on what it will and will not accept

March 06, 2026 6:05 pm

Indian commentary has treated the Dena sinking as a violation of international norms. But Hegseth’s America barely observes international law; expecting it to honour norms is a category error

UPSC Issue at a Glance I India-US Interim Trade Deal: Backdrop, Key Highlights, Gains, and Concerns

UPSC Issue at a Glance | India-US Interim Trade Deal: Backdrop, key highlights, gains, and concerns

February 13, 2026 12:55 pm

From “Liberation Day” tariffs to strategic resets, the India–US Interim Trade Deal signals a pivotal moment in bilateral ties. What is the backdrop? Who gains, who worries, and what does it mean for India’s economy and geopolitics? Let's break it down for your UPSC prep.

India today negotiating trade deals from a position of strength, confidence: Goyal

February 08, 2026 2:27 pm

"That's what is our negotiating strength," Goyal told PTI Videos in an interview. His first after India-US reached an agreement on tariffs, seen as a first step toward finalising a bilateral trade agreement (BTA).

India, Russia, and the cost of credibility in trade deal with US

February 06, 2026 12:37 pm

If discounted Russian oil was essential to protect Indian households from inflation, why is it suddenly expendable? If energy security justified moral silence on Ukraine, why does it not justify resisting the US now?

India-US agree on a big deal, it marks a welcome shift to freer trade, a domestic reform agenda awaits

February 03, 2026 4:45 pm

The Indian economy is now more closely integrated with the western world, pointing towards the convergence of interests in a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty

On India-US deal, key takeaways before the fine print

February 03, 2026 10:15 pm

The big question is what it took to get 50 per cent down to 18 per cent. With Trump, it’s always the art of the squeeze

C Raja Mohan writes | Resilience and patience helped Delhi weather Trump's tariff storm. India-US partnership is structurally sound, durable

February 03, 2026 10:46 pm

The convergence of strategic interests and the creation of a dense architecture of cooperation in the last quarter of a century was not going to be easily wrecked by personality clashes or even serious differences on any one issue

'Cash into rural America': US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins cheers new trade deal, market access in India

February 03, 2026 12:33 pm

Brooke Rollins said the trade deal will reduce $1.3 billion agriculture trade deficit with India and thanked US President Donald Trump for "delivering for our American farmers".